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Originally Posted by Love Wisdom Truth
Something does not seem quite well put. The way you said it, He died 2,000 years ago and paid for the sins of the people 2,000 years later? ... Now, man could commit sins knowing that Jesus paid for them 2,000 years ago? Does not make sense to me. IMO, He paid for the sins of the people up to His crucifixion. You commit a sin today, somebody has to pay for it, and it is very, very likely it will be you.
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If we can pay for our own sins then why did Jesus have to die at all? Couldn't the people who lived before him have paid for their own sins?
God isn't inside time like we are. When Jesus died he already knew every sin that would ever be committed so Jesus was able to pay for all of them.
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For those whom he foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the image of his Son, in order that he might be the firstborn among many brothers. And those whom he predestined he also called, and those whom he called he also justified, and those whom he justified he also glorified.
(Romans 8:29-30 ESV)
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Now my answer to your question.
Everyone who does the Will of God will be saved. Everyone who thinks, feels, and acts like Jesus will be saved.
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Anyone who does God's will to this extent doesn't need to be saved in the first place.
All of have sinned by failing to live up to God's standards. That is why Jesus had to die so we could be saved.